Nestor Carbonell Quotes

My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even though I've had problems with writers, it doesn't matter how great of an actor you are. If the writing is bad, you're going to struggle.

I'd like to be in anything that tells a good story and has an interesting character.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

When you have really good writing, you're compelled by the actors who are in it, and you may think it's the actors or the design or the filmmaking of it, but then you're like, 'Well, the base is a really rich story that these guys have created.'

Every actor just wants good writing.

If you get a script and it's really well written, that's always exciting.

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'

Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.

'Justified' had such dead-on beautiful scripts that you didn't want to mess with it.

First and foremost, it's got to be on the page. It starts with the writing.

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing, from art to violence against women.

We don't feel pressure of, 'Let's make this really raunchy.' It's more about making a good story, which is 10 times harder. The raunchy stuff's really easy for us.

Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.

Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!

I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.' I just think that he's a really, really special writer, and complex and deep, and a really smart dude.

Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great.

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. We don't always celebrate that enough, but without the writing, you can't do much. You got on a film sometimes, and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not.